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n. - The language of the large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico; A member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900.

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  • These Zapotecan ships would have changed all that.
  • In fact, of the 172 living Oto-Manguean tongues, sixty-four are Zapotecan.
  • The Tlaxcalans -- or their Tarascan or Zapotecan allies -- would immediately start taking them apart.
  • Moreover, researchers have shown that the city of Teotihuacan contained a clearly defined quarter that is specifically Zapotecan in nature.
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